Monday, August 2, 2010

The Miami Herald reported on Saturday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded 17 bidding contracts to a company that settled Medicare fraud charges twice in the past eight years. According to the story, Orlando-based Rotech Healthcare paid $2 million in August 2008 to settle civil charges that it covered up Medicare over-billing in three states to avoid penalties related to an earlier fraud settlement. The previous one, which took place while the company was in bankruptcy in 2002, involved over billing in four states, including Florida.